Arvière-en-Valromey
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 31.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Arvière-en-Valromey (INSEE 01453) is in Ain (01), part of CC Bugey Sud. Population 717 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 3 former communes: Brénaz (01059), Chavornay (01097), Lochieu (01218). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 31.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 52 % of the 16,295 communes of a similar size.
Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.
Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.6 |
| Housing mix | 0.53 | 5 | 2.64 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE LA PIERRE). [4,5]
1 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT BY TATAHIE). [4,5]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE PAIN DE LA PIERRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LE BISTROT BY TATAHIE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 706 (2012) → 717 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 618 (1990) → 717 (2023): 16 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 478, of which 23.6 % second homes and 9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Arvière-en-Valromey): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Champagne-en-Valromey): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]
GP (Champagne-en-Valromey): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Champagne-en-Valromey): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Champagne-en-Valromey): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VIRIEU-LE-PETIT weather station, 0.5 km away at 600 m; the village itself is at 625 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at SUTRIEU, 7.7 km away at 878 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 253 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,369 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VIRIEU-LE-PETIT, 0.5 km away at 600 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01453/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01453/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01453/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01453/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01453
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01079
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escrennes | 45 | 365 km NW | 697 | 33.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 72 % |
| Nanteau-sur-Lunain | 77 | 342 km NW | 702 | 32 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Capelle-et-Masmolène | 30 | 227 km SW | 441 | 33.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champis | 07 | 131 km SW | 680 | 22.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Morgny | 27 | 495 km NW | 650 | 39.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 % |
| Bouranton | 10 | 292 km NW | 633 | 36.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champis | 07 | 131 km SW | 680 | 22.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Capelle-et-Masmolène | 30 | 227 km SW | 441 | 33.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouranton | 10 | 292 km NW | 633 | 36.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nanteau-sur-Lunain | 77 | 342 km NW | 702 | 32 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Escrennes | 45 | 365 km NW | 697 | 33.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 72 % |
| Morgny | 27 | 495 km NW | 650 | 39.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Arvière-en-Valromey's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meilleray | 77 | 364 km NW | 504 | 36.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Vacherie | 27 | 496 km NW | 557 | 28.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavannes | 51 | 396 km N | 583 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ceffonds | 52 | 294 km N | 665 | 36.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Luttenbach-près-Munster | 68 | 259 km NE | 756 | 31.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Durlinsdorf | 68 | 210 km NE | 498 | 25.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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